WOODIS v. OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELEC. CO.

No. 58815.

704 P.2d 483 (1985)

John and Evelyn WOODIS, Parents and Next Friends of John Henry Woodis, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Daniel George, Sallisaw, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Andrew Wilcoxen, Wilcoxen & Cate, Muskogee, H. Duane Stratton, Steven E. Moore, Oklahoma City, for defendant-appellant.

Jay M. Galt, Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae.


LAVENDER, Justice:

The sole question Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E) raises for our consideration in this appeal from a wrongful death judgment is whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury that the decedent was a trespasser on its transmission-line tower and that the only duty of care it owed him was not to injure him wilfully or wantonly. We conclude that under the facts adduced and the...

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